diff --git oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/client/StandbyClientSyncExecution.java oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/client/StandbyClientSyncExecution.java
index ec05b88..d40bf98 100644
--- oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/client/StandbyClientSyncExecution.java
+++ oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/client/StandbyClientSyncExecution.java
@@ -208,8 +208,13 @@ class StandbyClientSyncExecution {
         boolean persisted = true;
 
         try {
-            referencedId.getSegment();
+            // SNFE is expected to occurs in some cases here.
+            // Thus we don't use SegmentId.getSegment() as it
+            // logs an ERROR message in addition to throwing
+            // a SNFE in those cases.
+            store.readSegment(referencedId);
         } catch(SegmentNotFoundException e) {
+            log.debug("Segment not found: {}", referencedId);
             persisted = false;
         }